Sucess Story thread ;)

[drewday]

so happy to see so many had their ppr, and dm's today wow !!! congratulations to all ,

 

[drewday]

so so happy lots of good news lots have got their visas ,, thank you CEM

more please

anyone wants to share their story here

 

[svetlana]

I emailed my VO to find out about my application. Their response was: Dear Madam, We hereby confirm that your application is currently being processed by our office. ECAS shows no change. Just application received and medical received. My exclusion order ends in one month . does it mean that it is already in process?

 

[parker24]

My story is a little old, but here goes:

Hubby came up here in May 2011, to deliver a dog (he worked at an animal shelter in TN) to Toronto, and take a vacation to visit me. He stayed for two weeks, and on the last day we chatted and he decided to stay. That Sept, we got married, and then started gathering information for PR. We are a young couple (I was 23 when we got married, he was 25) so all the paperwork was overwhelming! Feb 2012, I broke my foot, March 2012 I got a blood clot to the lungs, and also in March, finally sent the paperwork! Phew! So I was out of work, and hubby was here. We sat on our hands for a while. I'm also a person with a hearing loss, so I receive disability, which is how we survived. But I will admit, I was worried that me being on disability would affect PR. It didn't. In June 2012 I was approved as sponsor, and it went to Ottawa. About a month later, I got a letter stating my husband signed the wrong line on a form :-\ So we fix it, send it back. Then a week or so later, file got transferred to LA for some unknown reason. Then finally in Nov 2012, he got his PPR, and we had it sent to his place in TN, and his landlord (who is his best friend's mom) forwarded it off to us here in Canada. Jan 4th, 2013, he landed as a PR. March 2013, he started working full time in a factory and he LOVES it. We also imported a car (which I promptly crashed, by accident!) and bought a new car. We have been living with my parents, moving out in Sept 2014 THANK GOODNESS.

... That's my long, old story. As I wrote how old I was when we got married, I felt so old! I'll be 26 this year! Where's my walker?!

 

[vania]

Parker 24,
Good story. Now enjoy your life.

 

[drewday]

My story is a little old, but here goes:

Hubby came up here in May 2011, to deliver a dog (he worked at an animal shelter in TN) to Toronto, and take a vacation to visit me. He stayed for two weeks, and on the last day we chatted and he decided to stay. That Sept, we got married, and then started gathering information for PR. We are a young couple (I was 23 when we got married, he was 25) so all the paperwork was overwhelming! Feb 2012, I broke my foot, March 2012 I got a blood clot to the lungs, and also in March, finally sent the paperwork! Phew! So I was out of work, and hubby was here. We sat on our hands for a while. I'm also a person with a hearing loss, so I receive disability, which is how we survived. But I will admit, I was worried that me being on disability would affect PR. It didn't. In June 2012 I was approved as sponsor, and it went to Ottawa. About a month later, I got a letter stating my husband signed the wrong line on a form :-\ So we fix it, send it back. Then a week or so later, file got transferred to LA for some unknown reason. Then finally in Nov 2012, he got his PPR, and we had it sent to his place in TN, and his landlord (who is his best friend's mom) forwarded it off to us here in Canada. Jan 4th, 2013, he landed as a PR. March 2013, he started working full time in a factory and he LOVES it. We also imported a car (which I promptly crashed, by accident!) and bought a new car. We have been living with my parents, moving out in Sept 2014 THANK GOODNESS.

... That's my long, old story. As I wrote how old I was when we got married, I felt so old! I'll be 26 this year! Where's my walker?!

parker24 thanks you for your story
great story , enjoy your life lucky you have hubby now with you , bless your day

 

[drewday]

I emailed my VO to find out about my application. Their response was: Dear Madam, We hereby confirm that your application is currently being processed by our office. ECAS shows no change. Just application received and medical received. My exclusion order ends in one month . does it mean that it is already in process?

yes it is in process as it said on their emailed , ecas sometimes are not updated some ecas are updated by time. some get updated late ,, soon you will gonna get your visa ,, bless day svetlana

 

[drewday]

more success story here please

bless you all

 

[svetlana]

thanks drewday ..happy easter to everybody..next easter we will be with our hubbies and maybe new born babies ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[drewday]

thanks drewday ..happy easter to everybody..next easter we will be with our hubbies and maybe new born babies ;D ;D ;D ;D

welcome Svetlana happy easter to you too.. oh my Gosh I hope and pray too, ,, yes next year sure am already a mommy

 

[drewday]

after this holidays hoping for more good news to all, keep praying and faith each day is a new beginning

 

[steerpike]

Thanks to drewday for staying positive and being an inspiration for everyone. This is a long hard difficult process... but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Props to drewday for keeping the focus on that elusive light.

 

[drewday]

Thanks to drewday for staying positive and being an inspiration for everyone. This is a long hard difficult process... but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Props to drewday for keeping the focus on that elusive light.

yes steerpike , its the best weapon to keep wearing the big smile, our mind is powerful so be positive we will all have our stamp, no matter what so keep praying and smile smile everyone

 

[cicconfused]

Thanks for starting this thread! I know I leaned on this forum a lot this past year, looking for good news while going through this stressful process! I hope my story can bring a ray of hope to someone!

My story:

It all began in the spring of 2011. A very good friend, set me up on a blind date with his cousin. His cousin had come to Canada a few months prior and made a refugee claim. At the time we met, he didn't know if the decision was a yes or a no, but everyone who knew the story, was positive it was going to be a yes.

One Sunday afternoon, we met at a coffee shop. It sounds super cheesy, but it was love at first sight and we instantly 'clicked.' We talked for hours that day...and every day since. We have so much in common, so much to talk about. But after the first few months of bliss, a dark cloud came over us - the negative refugee decision was made. We were devastated. The future had now become uncertain. And it stayed that way for a long time. We knew by this point that we loved each other, but neither of us wanted to rush our relationship and get married for immigration purposes. So, we waited and just stayed together. I think our relationship became stronger through all this hard time. When he was deported from Canada, we had been together for two years. His leaving was an insanely sad time. A very tearful airport scene.

A month after he left Canada, I, along with my two young children, went to visit him in his country (El Salvador) and meet his parents. This was a pivotal moment because I knew his parents approval of me was highly important to my now husband. I knew they were conservative and might have a problem with me (divorced, children, older than their son). But it went really, really well. I fell in love with his parents and they seem to return the sentiment to both me and my kids. Leaving was again very sad (another tearful airport scene), and we knew this was it, we had to decide - Do we get married or spend our lives apart?

It didn't take long for us both to know that we could not stand to be separated. So, we joyfully decided to get married. As I had the summer off work, we set a wedding date for mid-July. In early July, the children and I, along with my parents went back to El Salvador. We got married on a beautiful evening. It was very sweet. As well as my parents and children, his closest family and friends were there and we had a small dinner after the ceremony. In total, the kids and I spent 6 weeks there, just being together and exploring the country. Leaving again was so hard, but this time, we knew it was only temporary (less tears at the airport) .

As you can see from our timeline, we sent our application in August 2013, about a month after we were married. We had to go through the ARC (Authorization to Return to Canada - to overcome his deportation order), which added extra time to the process. And now, 8 months later from the time Mississauga received our application, we just had our ppr. We sent it and are just waiting for the embassy to mail the passport back to my husband. Once we have that in hand, we will book the plane ticket. We are thinking he will come in early July. That means we have been apart for 10 months. I can't believe we are finally at the end. It's been a long journey, and I can't wait to start our official lives together!

Red flags:
-Husband a failed refugee claimant
-Short time since he left Canada
-I am older by 5 years
-I am divorced with previous children
-First marriage for him, no children

Strengths:
-Both university educated
-Both speak each others language (Spanish/English)
-Same religion
-we plan on having more children
-dating for over two years before married
-Full support of both families
-Know each others friends
-Tons, and tons, and tons of evidence - letters of support; 2 years worth of pictures, text messages, emails; etc

There you have it, our story in a nut shell. I wish each and everyone of you the best of luck possible!

 

[drewday]

Thanks for starting this thread! I know I leaned on this forum a lot this past year, looking for good news while going through this stressful process! I hope my story can bring a ray of hope to someone!

My story:

It all began in the spring of 2011. A very good friend, set me up on a blind date with his cousin. His cousin had come to Canada a few months prior and made a refugee claim. At the time we met, he didn't know if the decision was a yes or a no, but everyone who knew the story, was positive it was going to be a yes.

One Sunday afternoon, we met at a coffee shop. It sounds super cheesy, but it was love at first sight and we instantly 'clicked.' We talked for hours that day...and every day since. We have so much in common, so much to talk about. But after the first few months of bliss, a dark cloud came over us - the negative refugee decision was made. We were devastated. The future had now become uncertain. And it stayed that way for a long time. We knew by this point that we loved each other, but neither of us wanted to rush our relationship and get married for immigration purposes. So, we waited and just stayed together. I think our relationship became stronger through all this hard time. When he was deported from Canada, we had been together for two years. His leaving was an insanely sad time. A very tearful airport scene.

A month after he left Canada, I, along with my two young children, went to visit him in his country (El Salvador) and meet his parents. This was a pivotal moment because I knew his parents approval of me was highly important to my now husband. I knew they were conservative and might have a problem with me (divorced, children, older than their son). But it went really, really well. I fell in love with his parents and they seem to return the sentiment to both me and my kids. Leaving was again very sad (another tearful airport scene), and we knew this was it, we had to decide - Do we get married or spend our lives apart?

It didn't take long for us both to know that we could not stand to be separated. So, we joyfully decided to get married. As I had the summer off work, we set a wedding date for mid-July. In early July, the children and I, along with my parents went back to El Salvador. We got married on a beautiful evening. It was very sweet. As well as my parents and children, his closest family and friends were there and we had a small dinner after the ceremony. In total, the kids and I spent 6 weeks there, just being together and exploring the country. Leaving again was so hard, but this time, we knew it was only temporary (less tears at the airport) .

As you can see from our timeline, we sent our application in August 2013, about a month after we were married. We had to go through the ARC (Authorization to Return to Canada - to overcome his deportation order), which added extra time to the process. And now, 8 months later from the time Mississauga received our application, we just had our ppr. We sent it and are just waiting for the embassy to mail the passport back to my husband. Once we have that in hand, we will book the plane ticket. We are thinking he will come in early July. That means we have been apart for 10 months. I can't believe we are finally at the end. It's been a long journey, and I can't wait to start our official lives together!

Red flags:
-Husband a failed refugee claimant
-Short time since he left Canada
-I am older by 5 years
-I am divorced with previous children
-First marriage for him, no children

Strengths:
-Both university educated
-Both speak each others language (Spanish/English)
-Same religion
-we plan on having more children
-dating for over two years before married
-Full support of both families
-Know each others friends
-Tons, and tons, and tons of evidence - letters of support; 2 years worth of pictures, text messages, emails; etc

There you have it, our story in a nut shell. I wish each and everyone of you the best of luck possible!

oh tank you for sharing your story here ..

yes airport scene is always a teary scene , when our love one need to go

but when we get our visa its a a very very very happy scene

yes me too learned and still learning lot here , and am happy to share all what I have learned here too
this forum is like a big family giving helping hand to each other through sharing thoughts and what have experienced
yes I started this thread cuz I love reading happy story , makes me more positive give me more strength aside from the strength that my hubby always giving to me.

again thank you for sharing here cinconfused , of course your story will be an inspiration to all the reader here , xoxoxo hoping youll be back here when you got your stamp conconfused ..share here

praying to all of us

bless day to you happy easter buddy

xxxoxoxox